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The '''Z shell''' ('''zsh''') is a Unix shell that can be used as an interactive login shell and as a powerful command interpreter for shell scripting. Zsh can be thought of as an extended Bourne shell with a large number of improvements, including some features of bash, ksh, and tcsh. | The '''Z shell''' ('''zsh''') is a Unix shell that can be used as an interactive login shell and as a powerful command interpreter for shell scripting. Zsh can be thought of as an extended Bourne shell with a large number of improvements, including some features of bash, ksh, and tcsh. | ||
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| + | After nearly 14 years of using the [[Bash]] shell, I have switched to using zsh as my primary shell. It is awesome! | ||
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| + | ==Examples== | ||
| + | This section will include some quick-and-dirty examples of the power of zsh. | ||
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| + | *The following was taken from the [http://www.zsh.org/mla/users/2005/msg00174.html Zsh Mailing List Archive]: | ||
| + | # zmv "programmable rename" | ||
| + | # Replace spaces in filenames with a underline | ||
| + | $ zmv '* *' '$f:gs/ /_' | ||
| + | # Change the suffix from *.sh to *.pl | ||
| + | $ zmv -W '*.sh' '*.pl' | ||
| + | # lowercase/uppercase all files/directories | ||
| + | $ zmv '(*)' '${(L)1}' # lowercase | ||
| + | $ zmv '(*)' '${(U)1}' # uppercase | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.zsh.org/ Official website] | *[http://www.zsh.org/ Official website] | ||
| + | ===Tutorials / examples=== | ||
| + | *[http://zshwiki.org/home/ zshwiki.org] | ||
*[http://grml.org/zsh/zsh-lovers.html zsh-lovers] | *[http://grml.org/zsh/zsh-lovers.html zsh-lovers] | ||
*[http://www.rayninfo.co.uk/tips/zshtips.html Zzappers Best of ZSH Tips] | *[http://www.rayninfo.co.uk/tips/zshtips.html Zzappers Best of ZSH Tips] | ||
*[http://www.tuxradar.com/content/z-shell-made-easy Z shell made easy] | *[http://www.tuxradar.com/content/z-shell-made-easy Z shell made easy] | ||
| + | *[http://zsh.sourceforge.net/Guide/zshguide.html A User's Guide to the Z-Shell] | ||
| + | *[http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-z/index.html Curtains up: introducing the Z shell] | ||
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| + | [[Category:Linux Command Line Tools]] | ||
Latest revision as of 20:35, 11 July 2012
The Z shell (zsh) is a Unix shell that can be used as an interactive login shell and as a powerful command interpreter for shell scripting. Zsh can be thought of as an extended Bourne shell with a large number of improvements, including some features of bash, ksh, and tcsh.
After nearly 14 years of using the Bash shell, I have switched to using zsh as my primary shell. It is awesome!
Examples
This section will include some quick-and-dirty examples of the power of zsh.
- The following was taken from the Zsh Mailing List Archive:
# zmv "programmable rename"
# Replace spaces in filenames with a underline
$ zmv '* *' '$f:gs/ /_'
# Change the suffix from *.sh to *.pl
$ zmv -W '*.sh' '*.pl'
# lowercase/uppercase all files/directories
$ zmv '(*)' '${(L)1}' # lowercase
$ zmv '(*)' '${(U)1}' # uppercase
